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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-21

The bailiif, like the sapeur, respects nothing;
everything is said to happen in Paris, from
the execution and expulsion of monarchs
down to the seizure Of eight boa constructors
for rent Nala Damajanti is a serpent charmer
who coils around her every evening before an
applauding audience her eight ophidians, like
a lady her cats, pugs or cockatoos. She
speaks to them in Sans1rit-reminds them Of
their Indian home, likely, and assures them
their return ticket is still available.
Nals was accused of being an actress who
left few years ago some debts TO settle them
selves, and the creditor, believing he recog-
nized his old and absent debtor in a new
character, had her pets impounded till she
demonstrated that hers was a case of mis-
taken identity. This led to her confession
She had never been out of France in her life j:
she was born in Batignolles, that quarter Of
the city famous for the manufacture of dis
tinguished foreigners and antiquities; she
fell in love with an English acrobat, from
the dare devil manner in which he made him
self comfortable while hanging from the roof
of the circus by his feet. They were married,
purchased the good will of a serpent business,
with musical accompaniments," and are pay
ing off in weekly installments the price agreed
on. She cleared up all doubts and was at
once handed over her reptles.-Paris Cor.
Chicago Journal
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HOW TASTES HAVE CHANGED.
The Sort of Religious Works Most Ere.
auentIv Called for-Sermons.

~AAO oOAb VI A.CAisS1oOo fohAS 4tAoSS HAo-
quentIy Called for-Sermons.
"Wbat sort Of religious works are most fre-
quently called for by the persons who fire.
quent the library9' was asked OF the librarian
of the Young Mems Christian association the
other evening.
''Works on Biblical study" he replied.
"There are more works of that kind called for
than Of any other OF those on religious sub
jects. Of course, the books given out here
cover a great variety Of topics. And works
on science and ;rt are much called for"
'tAre the wor ks of the old English divines
much read nov adays"
''No, not a great deal. Those old standbys,
Baxters Call TO the Unconverted' and Dod-
bridges Rise and Progress Of Religion in the
Soul which used TO constitute, together with
the Bible, the entire library of good many
ministers, are scarcely ever called for. The
younger class of readers know nothing about
them. doubt if many have ever heard of
them. Bunyan is read good deal THE
Pilgrims Progress is frequently called for,
and occasionally the works of Jeremy Taylor,
but you couldn't class them as popular books. "
"WhOse sermons are read the most:n
"Spurgeons, by far. Talmage, l think,
comes next. DR.. Taylor's sermons also are
quite popular. But there isn't much of de-
mand for sermons, anyhow"
"How about religious fiction?"
"There is a great deal of that read, en-
tirely too much. We aim to keep as little as
possible of this class of literature on hand,
and try to stimulate the young men who fire.
quent our library to read something more
substantial
Religious reading is very different now
from what it used to be. People used to read
aeIInons a great deal, the old English sermons
which took two hours to deliver, and ponder
Gus books on theology. They want every
thing brief nowadays, short, spicy sermons
and treatises that come to the point directly.
They won't take the time to read anything
else. Then, there is so much current litera-
ture to read That takes up the greater part
of the average readers time, and much of the
stuff isn't worth reading. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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Fuel of the Ncnnonites.

After supper | went out to see the
method of preparing fuel for the winter
use. In the first place a large spot is
cleared of grass and rubbish, and upon
this is carried hay and refuse from the
sheep pens. This is spread evenly over
the cleared spot to the depth of a
foot. Then a large roller is run over il
after rain, thus forming solid mass,
which is cut into square blocks of suit
able size for burning and corded up in
small piles to dry, after which it is put
up in long riclSs ready for winter use.
In the winter the horrible stencil OF
the burning compost is avoided by AN
outdoor furnace, which is built into the
walls OF the house and communicates
with hollow spaces in the walls, thus al
lowing the heat to pass entirely around
the room, keeping it at an unpleasantly
warm temperature, as my friend the
doctor informed me.-Dakota Cor. Pho.
neer Press.
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That anxiety is easier to bear than sorrow.
That talent is sometimes hid in napkins,
audacity never.
That good brains are often kept in poor
looking vessel.
That an insect has feeling and an atom a
shadow.
That the most brilliant roses bloom among
the sharpest thorns
That the time to bury hatchet is before
blood is found upon it.
That no man is born into the world whose
work is not born with him.
That mistakes are often bought at a big
price and sold at small one.
That leisure is a very pleasant garment, but
a bad one for constant wear
That the best way to keep good acts in
memory is to refresh them with new ones.
That if it were not for emergencies, but
little progress would be made in the world.
That it is often better to go a good ways
round than to take a short cut across lots.
That the statement so often made in print
that "rest makes rust" is the veriest rot.
That the Hghtest of labors are burden to
those who have no motive for performing
them.
That men often preach from the house tops
while the devil is crawling into the basement
window.
That contentment is good thing until it
reaches the point where it sits in the shade
and lets the weeds grow.
That tears shed upon coffin will not blot
out the stains that may have been cast in life
upon the stilled heart within it.
That many man sets up carriage only
to find less of enjoyment in it than he has
had in holding the ribbons from his zone hoss
| shay
| That if we would do more for others while
| we may we should have less regrets, when tco
late, that more had not been done When "it
might have been. Good Housekeeping.
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The Samaritan Chief visits London.

ne SHIDdritan CnleI tlSlIS LOHQOus
There is now in London the sheilS of the an
Gent Samaritan people, Jacob-esh- Shellaby.
Any one who has been at Nablous will re-
member the beautiful valley and the little
town nesting among the gardens under the
slopes of Gerizim, where the Turkish gov
ernor's house stands conspicuous; nor will he
have forgotten the quaint and venerable little
synagogue, which is the religious home of
these Samaritans. The present head of the
community was elected in 1874. His people
now number only 135. Heis the patriarch of
his clan.
"All we Samardtans," he says, in his broken
English, lone family" The object of his
visit is to raise sum of e200 to redeem some
land belonging to his community, recently
mortgaged on ruinous terms to meet the
Turkish exactions. OF late years these have
become unusually severe Governor, he
take one taxes, two taxes, three taxes, four
taxes all in one year. But the sultan, he get
very little of the money!" The land yields
! corn, grass, cotton and other crops. There is
scarcely any trade in Nablous One or two
! of the Samaritans deal in stuffs from Danas-
Gus. A few others carry vegetables and such
like garden produce on donkey back from the
valley to the billy villages around. But
without their land their means of living are
seriously diminished, and the danger of ex-
tinction presses on the tribe. Sheik Shellaby
is known to Canon Liddon, who has helped
him with donation of e5 and hearty letter
Of commentator.
The Catholics have not unnaturally de-
clined to aid, and even the liberal Jews still
prefer to have no dealings with the Samari-
tans. The matter presses. Shellaby has
been in London for seven weeks, in dismal
attic in by street off Fitzroy square. He
does not know how to plead his cause. Mean
while his people are entreating him urgently
to return.-London News
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Por. Pioneer Press


A queer iargon is this Chinook. Once
upon a time, when there were very few
people of very many nations in that
vast region dominated by the fur com
panies, embracing Oregon and Washing
ton territories and all the country lying
to the northward (the French, perhaps,
being numerically the STRONGEST, sort
of congress of national representatives,
formulated this universal language to
facilitate intercourse.
The words in most common use were
adopted, a few of them purely native
dialect, but very large proportion
bastard French. The remainder are
simply phonetic, expressing, when pro-
nounced, the ideas conveyed by the
sounds; for instance, steam engine is
putf-puff, and ha-ha is laughter. There
are about $50 words in all, and with
this limited vocabulary and the use of
signs, a man can travel the whole
northwest over. In fact, Chinook has
almost superseded the native dialects,
Of which there are no less than ten
upon the coast, and perhaps as many
more in the interior. The different
tribes seldom attempt to converse in
each others language.
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WAYS OF THE MeNNONITES.
Economical in Their Habits-Bidding at
! Aucsiou-A Euparay

an Auction-A Funeral.
1t don't take much of man to make a
Mennonite, and all of the Mennonites are
doing well out west. These Mennonites
left Russia by the thousand fifteen years
ago to escape military service. They are
no good as fighters, but are first class
farmers and financiers. An average
Russian family of seven persons will sub
sist on 80 cents a week, raising their own
potatoes. If Russian has nothing else
to do he will walk ten miles to town,
carrying in his pocket few cucumbers
or ears of roasting corn to sell for or
cents. After getting the money he will
clutch it tightly and trudge home again.
When a Russian goes to an auction, as
he often does, and bids on horse and
go at it recklessly with $5 or 81 bids?
No, indeed. If the last bid is S63 the
Russians will be S6301; and if some
white man raises him to $63 he bids
back with S63.01. When lot of Rus
slams get to bidding against each other
the auctioneer becomes weary. Every
bid is for cent advance, unless, per
SAAohSN, oOAhO lSShiSoo leuo-
sian shows his contempt for the conser-
vatism and caution Of his fathers by
going two whole cents at one fell swoop.
Once in while a Russian dies. On
such occasions there is a big funeral,
but no extravaganza. The grave is dug
in "basin," where the land is not fit
for cultivation, SO that there is no loss in
that. The coffin is home made, and
usually consists of three or four cotton
wood boards fastened together with bind
ing strips taken from dry goods boxes.
The flowers used for decoration are wild
ones, of the prairie, care being taken in
their selection to get none that the cows
may want to eat.
Some of the richer Russians, those
who count their acres by the thousand,
sometimes indulge in the luxury of a
drink of whisky. Their method of tip
ping is to getfiv solid brethren together
and march into a saloon Each produces
cents, and the barkeeper sets out one
glass. This the leader of the gang pours
just as full as the barkeeper will allow
him and then drinks one-fifth of the
whole. While he is smacking his lips,
the next man takes his fifth, and SO on.
They never cheat each other in the drink.
They are very just and honorable peo-
pie, and take pride in their integrity.
The saloonkeeper up in Aurora who pro-
cured a graduated glass divided into
fifths as a special inducement TO the Rus
sian trade made great mistake. The
disciples of Menno regarded the gradu-
ated glass as an insult, and forever after
ward Stunned the bar of the unfortunate
saloonkeeper. Cor. Chicago
Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-21

A military paper, The Broad Arrow, com
plains vigorously of the system under which
retirements on age are conducted in the
British army, arguing-age is no test of ef-
ficieney, mentally Or bodily. Many men at
so are more physically fit for hard work than
others at 80; still the physically fit man Of 46
is forced to go on a pension, his place being
taken by man younger, it is true, but not
of the same stamina. The number of strong,
active, intelligent officers at the present mo-
ment pensioned or half paid is a scandal to
the country, and crying injustice to the tax
payers. Let the army be kept up, nay. let it
be increased, but do not, whilst officers are
still in the prime of life, force them to retire
from the service and try to exist on beg
carly pittance. If an officer is unfit to serve
at g5, pension him; if he is fit physically to
serve at 60, retain him, no matter what his
rank.-Boston Transcript.
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Rev. D. J. McAfillen was flinty, faithful
Scotchman, who, like his countTyman, John
Knox, ''never feared the face of clay" hut
his manhood and moral courage were severely
taxed while carrying his work on in Utah.
On one occasion he made an appointment to
preach in a town in the territory A delega-
ton of Mormons waited on him and forbade
him preaching under penalty of death. He
went to the appointed place, laid his Bible
down, and said to the scowling crowd: II
have the truths of this book to offer to the
teachable." Then, placing his revolver on
the opposite end of the table, he added: II
have bullets propelled by powder for the man
that dares molest me in the discharge of my
duty REV William Porteus in Globe
Democrat
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American clocks fitted with Oriental
faces are found all through Asia Minor
~ THE cHocTAw NATION.
Vhoir Fine Language-Government and
Capital City-Laws.


The Choctaw is fine sounding tongue, de-
clared by Walter Lowry, once United
States senator, and fully capable Of Judging,
as being the finest language in the world for
oratory. 1t is easy to learn enough of it for
trading purposiS, but to learn IL thoroughly
is very difficult. 1t has more words than
most Indian tongues, the lexicon containing
about 10000. The Choctaws for over fifty
years havo had publications in their lam
guage.
They use the Roman alphabet, with somo
notifications There are twenty-five letters.
They now have a regular representative form
of government, and have had for many
years. Their principal chief is Edmund Nc
Curtain. This official is elected every two
years. Thomas Mckinney has recently been
elected his successor. The Choctaw capital
is Tushkahomma. They have general coun-
Gil. consisting Of a senate and a house of rep
resentatives, and have county, district and
supreme courts.
The Choctaw nation had the prohibitory
law thirty years before Maine, and it was in
their constitution thirty years before Kansas
had it. 1t is enforced fairly well, particu-
larly as the United States intercourse laws
prohibit the introduction of intoxicating
liquors into the territory As TO the general
laws of the nation, they are not as well en-
forced as they might be. Whipping IL u
favorite punishment. journal.
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Everybody was ct the opera to see Merlin
One of the youngest and prettiest debutantes
of the season made great sensation in the
boxes. Well, it would hardly be believed,
but she wears a wig. l would not be so un-
gallant as to mention it were it not that she
makes no secret of the fact; she amuses her
friends by cooking the wig over her eye and
otherwise humorously disporting herself She
is very charming. unaffected and beautiful
girl, and when she has wholly recovered from
her illness and her hair has grown again there
will be no lovelier bride in New York
York Letter.
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The clerk of the Fifth Avenue hotel
was leaning meditatively against the
desk the other night, with his eyes on
the corridor. He has been ut his post
many years, and is shrewd observer.
"They are all countrymen, as the say
ing goes, he remarked, nodding his head
toward the throng, "and they are won
derful illustration of the advance the
whole country has made during the past
ten or fifteen years in manners and at
tire. The men are from every corner Of
the big continent. This is the time of
year, you know, when the. backwoods-
man, farmer, herder, miner, and village
merchant come to New York for their
annual blowout. Look at them, and
you see body of men who are dressed
as quiet everyday New Workers dress.
and who do not differ in the mass from
SO many respectable and weli-to-do citi-
zens. Their clothes are of the
conventional cut and pattern, their
boots well and neatly made,
their hats of the proper block,
and their faces composed. Three years
ago you'd have seen dozen big slouch
hats in that crowd; five years ago a
quarter of the faces would have been
decorated by open mouths and eyes
shining with surprise and fright; seven
years ago there would have been dozen
men among them without neckties; and
fifteen years ago you would have seen no
end of awkward, uncouth, and shamb-
ling back-country gently who didn't
know how to talk or what to do with
their hands or feet"
"lt's great change; quite as noticea-
BILE, too, in the streets as here"
"Of course; that's just the point; as
they are before you, SO they are all over
America. 1t has been an amazing
change. 1t is due in part to the drum
mers, who go everywhere and by ex-
ample teach young men in the country
how to dress; to the great clothing
houses that send out hundreds of thou
sands of city-made suits of clothes a
year, and to the newspapers that talk so
much about the big cities that the read
ers are gradually educated up to the
standard. It's a wonderful change
Blakely Hall in Chicago Times.
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Even the divinity that doth hedge a king
yields to the power OF the press. The re-
porters who were puzzling over the toilets at
a recent court bali at Rome We're taken in
tow by King HunlbeTt, to whom they frankly
stated their fix, and introduced to Queen
MargheTita, with the suggestion that she
Should coach them. She did this with a
readiness and winning grace that completely
capjivated the quilldrivers, debating to them
4 description of the handsomest dresses. She
wound up with an injunction not to forget
her necklace of Tearls, ''for these are the
things that especially interest your lady read
ers"-Boston Transcript
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He Wanted Soda Waaer.

Two Indians entered drug store on
Third street. One was a tall young man,
and his companion was an aged and
dried-up specimen of humanity. They
were dressed in davl1, ill-fitting clothes,
and each of them had on moccasins.
Their black slouch hats partially con-
cealed their jet-black hair. Marching
into the center of the store the red man,
after the style of the pow-wow around
the camp fire, expressed himself as fol-
lows: "Big Injun wants heap big sweet
wind" Without any hesitation the
clerk turned off two glasses of soda
water and gave them to the two red
men. The Indians drank and were salts.
tied.-St. Paul Globe.
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young girl from the country came to visit at
a fashionable house in New York. With her
she brought $50 for spending money. the re-
suit Of various sacrifices on the part of her
people. The first evening Of her stay the
family sat down to a quiet game of poker.
They played with chips, which she called
counters Their significance was only re-
vealed when she found she had lost $50. Her
host pocketed the money.-New York Sun.
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Benefits of "Grape MILK"
fChicago Times

A gentleman living near Healdsburg,
Cal, has for some time been expert
menting IN what is called grape milk. -
His efforts have at last been rewarded.
He has now on hand about 400 bottles
of the pure grape juice, which he not
only pronounces a good substitute for
tea, coffee and other stimulants, but
more beneficial to health. He speaks
from experience, having discarded tea
and coffee and drank nothing bui
"grape milk" for several weeks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-04-21

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was seized with
stage fright at the reading in Boston for the
Longfelow memorial fund. He came for
ward like an awkward schoolboy, stood first
on one foot and then on another, and seemed
to suffer real agony in his embarrassment.
One bright Boston girl who knows real poet
when she sees him, exclaimed in amazement:
"To think that he should be afraid of us!"-
Boston Transcript.
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Henry Ray, of Gilmer, Tex, has discovered
the secret of the quail's being able to hide so
well. He was walking in a field when a
covey of birds was flushed. One alighted
near him, and the moment it did so seized a
dead oak leaf, crouched to the ground and
threw the leaf over its back, so that it was
completely hidden from view. Mr.. Ray said
that ho had to go and turn over the leaf be-
| fore he could believe the evidence Of bis own
eyes.-New York Sun.
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Funds Sent to Ireland.

In a speech in Boston John Boyle O'Reilly
said that at low estimate there were sent
from Boston $3.50, coo, and from New York
city S1,C02 600, each year by the Irish to
their relatives in Ireland. mot to make
their homes happy, not to make the people
comfortable, but to pay to save their lives, to
save their little shelters, to keep the roof
over their heads, and to keep them from the
torch of Glenbeigh"
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The prints Of peculiarly arranged teeth were
found in some cheese in a house in Jersey City
that was robbed few nights ago. A colored
man who was arrested on suspicion was re-
quired to bite piece of the cheese, when his
teeth made the same marks as were upon the
other piece. and he was committed for trial
Chjcopo Times
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The fact has just come to light that soon
after her marriage Mrs Cleveland was ten
dered by the sultan OF Turkey the Order of
the Callphate. The sultan made the offer in
a graceful way, but Mrs. Cleveland, through
the president and the state department, de-
clinod the proffered honor. "Caliphat" means
Commander of the Faithful" and the order
is frequently bestowed on the wives of dis
tinguished men. It's insignia is SASH
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why the Doctor Was Discharged.

Doctor Ito wife of patient)-Poor
Stubbsl He was such a nice fellow.
And SO you've come to tell me he's dead,
eh?"
Mrs. Stubbs-Oh, dear no; he's not
dead. Why, he's up and around and de-
clares he feels as well as ever. Why,
doctor, what's the matter!"
Doctor-Nothing, Mrs. Stubbs, moth
ing. Pardon my emotion, but this is the
second patient who has played that trick
on me this week-Tid- Bits.
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A Wonderful New Color.

"Hortensia" is the name of a wonderful new
color seen for the first time in London this
season. 1t is unknown to artists of the brush,
and has been introduced fresh from the looms
of Lyons and the salons of Partisan modistes
The tint is surprisingly vivid, and yet has a
soft fruit bloom upon it unlike any other
known Sha,ia
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The Constructor of the Transcaspian

Gen. Annenkoff, the constructor of the
Russian Transcaspian railway, is man of 55
years of age, full of vigor, energy, and hope;
he is almost ideaistic, despite his gray hairs.
Three years ago he married beautiful young
lady, 20 years old, member of rich German
family.